Peter's Perspective of the Cross
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Imagine with me… Peter from a distance, watching Jesus as He hung on the cross that day for six hours…
As he sits watching he begins to reflect back on things Jesus said, events that had occured
His memories and reflections are broken up with moments of weeping
Over the last three years Peter had seen Jesus…
Heal the lame
Give sight to the blind
He had touched and healed the lepers
He had forgiven those in sin
Floods of statements Jesus had made now raced through his thoughts… questions Jesus posed now ca,e back to him...
Who Am I Peter?
Who Am I Peter?
This question was a powerful question, answering this question defined so much, the answer had implications that would impact not only this life but all eternity… Peter would answer Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Now Peter watches the Son of God hang on the cross
Peter must have smiled at the response of Jesus Matthew 16:17-18
And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. “I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
What power! What confidence! Jesus was going to build His church and Peter would be a part of that!
No doubt Peter would have remembered the conversation that followed… Matthew 16:21-23
From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.” But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”
How??? Why??? Peter did not want Jesus to die… how could this be God’s plan??? Peter must have recalled the words and events from the very night before as well…
The Night Before
The Night Before
Washing of the feet
He washed his feet… after refusing he let Jesus serve him this way
Peter may have even pondered how Jesus even would wash the feet of Judas… the betrayer!
Broken Bread
His body broken Luke 22:19
And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
Peter could now see the broken body of Jesus… BUT FOR HIM? WHY?
The Covenant of the Cup Luke 22:20
And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.
Peter may have pondered how he thought Jesus was just being figurative
Now as he sat watching Jesus hang on the cross His blood shed, poured out, spilt for his own sin
Coming Denial by Peter Mark 14:27-31
And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, because it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.’ “But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.” But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may fall away, yet I will not.” And Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.” But Peter kept saying insistently, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing also.
As Peter would remember the evening before he may have burst into tears once again as he recalled Jesus words…
“I will die for you”… how these words must have felt hollow now as Peter sat watching from a distance His Jesus dying on the cross
As Peter would have these words echoing in his head his mind may have gone to the garden…
In The Garden
In The Garden
Jesus ask Peter and the others to pray with Him
Jesus comes back to see them all sleeping… but addresses Peter directly Mark 14:37-38
And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? “Keep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Oh how might he have prayed had he known what was coming
“Willing spirit, but Weak Flesh”
The Kiss, The Words, The Sword, The Distance
How could Judas, a friend, a fellow disciple of Jesus???
“I Am He”… that close to Jesus, seeing His power, Peter felt ready to take on an army
Peter responded like he thought things should handled… Jesus corrects him
Disillusioned… Peter allows fear to settle in, confusion overtakes him and he finds himself distancing himself from Jesus
The DISTANCE… Mark 14:54
Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire.
Pondering how he drifted so quick, so far…
Is that how it happened?
Peter’s mind may now with hesitation, regret, and pain remember what was next…
Peter’s Denials
Peter’s Denials
Fear, weakness, confusion, panic
1) Servant girl
2) Another servant girl
3) Relative of the man in the garden with the ear
The Rooster and eyes of Jesus… Luke 22:61-62
The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
From a Distance
From a Distance
Peter observes Jesus broken body
Peter sees the blood poured out
Peter ponders His death… His words… (“FORGIVE THEM”) and then almost a victory cry as Jesus breathes his last crying out “It is finished!”
Peter just watches as they take His body, lay it in a tomb.
Peter so many times had said he would die for Jesus, YET… now he witnesses Jesus die, he sees Jesus die in his place, for his sin, taking the punishment of sin… ALL SIN!
Jesus died in Peter’s place for Peter
Jesus died for you and I in our place
Peter wanted to be good enough
Peter wanted to be strong enough
Peter had to realize it was not about Peter… It was about Jesus WHO IS ENOUGH!!!
What Love!… “For God so loved the world, He gave His only Son”
What Grace!… “For by grace are you saved”
As Peter ponders Jesus’ death it would not be long after that He would ponder this AMAZING GRACE that Jesus had given freely not only to him but for all mankind. Once Peter understood this Grace others would not see him following at a distance.